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,he state of the country. He therefore moved on amendment, that the blank be filled with the words one year. Mr. W. POLE said, that he was sorry to tind, that upon this occasion there should be any difference of opinion. He was sure the Right Hon. Baronet would do him the justice to admit that he had taken as much pains as he could to obt.iin unanimity with regard to this- measure. The Honourable Ba- r , net appeared to be alarmed at . the insertion of the words "-trio years," and seemed-to think that he (Mr. Polp)"*ishevto - insure its continuatu.e far that time. But. that was not .the case; if the necessity for the Bill ceased to e:cist, it would be oiler io ' . thB. Right Han Baronet,or to 2 y biter Gentfeniti, to„come down and propose its repeal, in the manner that be (Mr. Polo had proposed to, re , peal the Insurrection Act. As, however, the Right Flan. Baronet forced him into this dis:- he would state plait y and candidly h is rea guns for'rr)posing . its contintrmce for two years. -It :ippe.;red to hint qUite jrni?ossil?* that the state of ire lAnd,cotAld- be so changed in less limn two' years, t at Government could do without tlik; . EVe7y 6titleman almost who was connected 1:c , :!!11 won't+, lie way sure, concur with .him vont) that s , ibjtct. This, clisctlssico was painful to 111-0, be- . . - . came it was his anxious wish that nothing •rzrore be said upon this toi7ric than was absolutv necessary. The Right Hon. Baronet had stated; that lie . did' not know that he•incended to irropose continuance of the Bill for two yours y b , lt when ; tilt: was. brought in before, it ..v.as for .two a - it was therefore natural to expetct that he 611 , ,uti now propose .the same term. EL , had dis eii,ed, in prtvate, every ;mint of with the night Hon. Baronet, and during the whole or their' Conversation, the Right Hon. Baronet had. not cad one word about the duration of it. The Right Hot"; Bar:net had said, that this Bill .A.% as a dev ia tioa from the Constitution; but solely this was not a fair way of statin the case—the Bill toubtedly was,. to a certain extf...n., a deviation . f;:ati the Cous.6tuti-n ; but wet it not much less so than the former Act Had he not ii,troduced clauses to take away the most objectionable clauses in the Act; by whiCh .a Maptrate '.was entitled, upon su-picion, to search any man's house. Was it then fair of catyid In the Hon. Baronet not to acknow ledge that the Irish Governmeni had shewn the nt .olost desire to gite to t.le people the benefit of the Constitution, as far as they could do it with safety. It he thought that suvh would be the state of Ireland, that he should be able to come forwind next - Session and propose to repeal it, he wotild consent to the Right Honourable Baronet's ,pro position, but not thinking so, he should oppose it: It the Right aoliouraNe Baronet himself thought next .Session that the Bill might with safety be repealed, there would be nothing to prevent him f milting a motion to that effeCt. It appeared to him, h , twever, unwise to discuss ques!ions neo:•ssarily which were caleulaied to agitate the country, and therefore he did not-wish to bring this Bid before the consideration of the House at ; , n earlier period than in his Opinion it mighi 'be safely rvpealed, lie lamented that he should have bven .t.t. - ced into this discussion ; and he lamented, 3fit r a be pins he had taken to, make this Bra pa ..i•'ole, it should not meet with the suppcirt of the Honourable' Batonet, and those who acted h him., • Afier some remarks,. the Bill plssed through the Comm'itet., arid the report was °mitred to be're cc:ved 'to-mot:row. _ . MR. WINDHAM. Lord MILTots rose to move; a new writ for High. am Ferrers, but his feelings were, so acute, and his comtion so great, that he'cuuld scarcely make him soil audible to those in the Gallery. In tnriving for a fiurgess•to serve in Parliament, .in the•room of the late_ Right Hon. William Windham, it was impossi . ble, he obs*rved, for him to do •so, without Spaying a due tt ibute to his. vii Wes, his . talents, and •:inte &illy. He Iv iShed the task had fallen :to':.,some other Member more competeut.to do justice. to .his. memory . than he was., and, he therefore felt him r•e!f excee,:ingly embarrassed. . There were tWo ex-. amples occurred of a similar nature, and he now threw himself on the indulgence of he House. ' Howevet his. Right Hon. Friend ovig'tt have differed opinion with others, he was convinced that .but one sentiment prevailed a,t.'. to his unsullied integri'y, a 4 those who.admire,i great talents knew best how t tippreciate them. He.' was undaunt d•;underall circumstances,•and was never to be move, - ; from his purpose. He could •neither be tnoved. by fear . riOr favour, nor never could ; be warped punt the die-, ta•es of his own mind. ~No man Cc er ejjed a combination of more rare 'cinaliticsl, ani popularity were' not always joi i ntd to. , ,t•ther, Hoc was the remark ever more exemplified than it Was in ins case. While the-e, howeter, are not noi s ed toge!her, it is'a gratifi, ai ion to find in Our t ti ids, tnat whateter otb , :rs tli y t'unk,, , we felt that we -were conscientiouily discharging our duty. ; He was on ail occasi.ms actuate-s 1 by aing4l minded eur.'lo4fly, . and he never considered who , het tie snoul 1 lose of gain by the pat t which he took in po li;ies, but was aiw stea , iy to his own viii ppr,- pose. Those who' obs,l-:e i ad thst such were On.: teelings : on all occasjpi, which . I,er:od of Ins life he attacho hiioso to another gr-eat ktiatk (Mr. . Burke), who, he .a-Leifted, tta , , wait ty ijOh. liiiend, a great 1-,s to the country. He!1111.1, from th,n geecharaCter. Vlofe uptt;ions a httgib4, 1,1107.igh , (lie mighi'be,s-0d,.1,,at he beta ! 14,.. exceediogly,iipacine d .. at w h`:t some; rogard as ,ksimoveihepts, ti hat' ii! hers niiht. considtr p corded r , •veretitial awe the true princi p es of the . Constitunon.,. to say something ou th: , s:-! parts of not have h ,a t observ-. in • ; .3, bit tie ! fO r liitrfselfu9y4l3ll:;9 the task . . • Rpr- • b ips it vq . s ynnecs-Ssary that te.shoulddo•so., Ii , use f(ne+ , 4nci.cct.9ain_v c wak, that among fricuas 7 arld fobs there Deal but one opi.ion-r-tl:at in his,death'lhey had sus:arm:if a loss which perhars the. youngest amongst Irwin ...might not liyr tea see repii: - ed. burdened his own mind on die ucca,ion, be had no more to say, Had he not so . . ey,press- Liinself, his conduct might have been jsksAncon shier eir most . lamenic:d what bad . said . hued been inelcgaptly spoken, but_ lip w. not.. able aufficiently to master his I . s.oings, to exptegs himself as he could wise. He concluded by moving.— • ‘.‘ That the Speaker do issue his writ for a Burgess to serve in Parham.nt for the borough of Higham Ferrers, in the room of the Might Honourable William Windham, 'de_ ceased: , Mr: CANNING, though he had- been long in the habit of opposing the public conduet of the illustri ous charaCter now no more, rose to bear his mony to thoSe talents and virtues which had*dis tinguished Mr. Wind ham's splendid career., He felt Equally with the Noble Lord, the in t possibility of. doing jUstice to. talents so exalted, td virtt‘is so' rare. ..Among all the storms and all the contests which had raged in his time, whatever might have bebnt r he frenzy of the moment, he (Mr. Windham) above all, had avoided the appearance and the feebly of soliciting_ popular approbation. But it his con dUEt 'hag pot rnade him the object of transient po pularity, 'it had &cured. bini what was of greater value,' lasting and unperishable admiration. At no time . con:d so great a character pay the list debt of nature, wtt hoot' 'eat ieg a eltastn'much 'to be de plored, and difficult to till upi but never ,way there a period at witichltis loss could be mote sensibly telt , than at the pre-ent. Throughout his life, from a sincere sense of public duty, he had exposed himself to every threatenin.; evil, in what ho cfaucteiv , ed to be the cause of his country. He had left - them a proof that conduct so upright, if not calculated to gain the applause of a patty, Was cc; tam ut concili 4tiog universal est e em, i t h a d often been his (Mr. Catoing's) fate, during the time be had been his. coniioporary, to oppose irs public conduct. This he had fiequently done, tninking he kMr. Wind ham) carried the best ptioeiples to an exceBg, but t* never once had he suspe:ned tuetives to be dis honourable. There was a_selfishness of %%hit:6 it was difficult for a public man to, dive.t selfish pleasure of pleasing those with whom they were in the habit of acting ; but superior still, even of this most amiable Of all selfish tetlings had Mr. Windham been acquitted, both by his political friendLt and opponents. When he recollected the accompii,Jsinuents. by which 'hot . great character had been grace_l 4 7 .—when he considerto the extent of his knowletge, 'Ole force of his eloquence, which, if not the most: coannandiiig tlif-y had ever Leard, was the most insinciatiegwhich, if it did not con vince, delighted all vv.:N.) heard it, made tht.m feel with the man 'While spe . 7!4 , ng, and enter into his, heart, he could not but leo ?omewhat reconciled to that which lied been called " in our Constitu tion." He alluded to the borough; of which so many complaints bad been Made. He 'aid not say that if none such already existed in the Corstioation, he would create th'ern, but among the tiecess.fty tedious of our system, he thought it. must be ad mitted that 'they had turned ttiu good accouNt. As 'to them they were inde:,ted for the spiendid talents of Mr. Windhani, Which . had for so many years assisted their Councils, and who dying, bad left to On. to an example, which every m an , wishing well to his couritty, would be anxious to emulate. • The question was then put and carried, and a new wri& ..ordered . for the borough of Higharu Ferrel-5. Sir J. ,HALL gave notice, that he would on Wed. ne,day next, move for the.chscharge of bir. Gale On the motion of M 5 FREEMANTLE, a return of all sums ax ising out of the Druits ;at the Admiralty, vested in Exchequer Bills by the Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty since the Ist of April, 1805, together with the amount of the interest there on, was ordered to'be laid b4dre the House. Sir S. RomrrArmoved that the 28th Report of the Committee of Finance, respecting the expence of the Police Establishment,. ordered to be printed oh the 26th of June, ,1798, . should be re-printqd for the use of the House. The Hon. and Learned Gen- tleman took that opportunity of stating it to be his inimion to . renew early in the e nsui ng S e s s i on the on motion he ade'a few evenings .ago on the•sObjed of erecting Penitentiary Houses. • The motion was agiced t(L • Mi. ROSE stated to the House a plan he had formed for increasing the number of seamen em ployed in the merchant service ;, and after a . few, ward. from Mr. - . W. Smith; Ir. Wilberforce ond Lord Cochrane; obtained kive to bring a Bill for, increasing the number of ,persons brought up to the sea service. . O& the motion of Admiral HARVEY, the Fisheries 13 , 11 wa, read a second time and cominittod for to morrow. CA PTAI N,'FOSK. EFT. , • ' ; • - ; I Mr. LYTTLETON stated hint-elt. to be willing to do any thing short of Waving LI motion altoge, ther, on account of the- circuinstane6 - connected with it, affecting that illuStriou. personage who — hict been so barbarously treated. I3ut. the lateness 'of the Session, added to the .fact of his having • received a note from his - Rapt Highnes ,, ,' expre-sing:ii wish that the motion might be m :de as . soon as poSsible, would, he trusted, instity him in bringing it forward at that moment. The Army; 1, - te contended, had its rights. Those 'rights weie to them as valuable as the civil rights claimed by that HOuse. It was the best policy to prevent discontents ia the Army, as the consequences of such to elinas excited in a body so formidable were much to .bedreaded. He, went at length into the m.:riti of captain Foskett, replied to' the insinuations thrown out against him, and enu merated the, grietances complained of by Captain Foskctt, the stihstance of which has already appear ed before the. He then read several letters subject, of the duel spOken of, which he thought went to exculpate him tram any charges made against his character, as the handsome testimo ny borne by, Wallace, the antagonist of the Officer to whom- Captain Foskett 'was second, established the propriety of his . coudna, in the most satisfaCtory imilner. When so much was said by' the Honour- • able General-on the enormity of pistols with hair triggeis being used upon that occrision, be did not know, as he thought the Honourable Officer must, that all duelling pistols had hair triggers. When, ho-A ever, it was proved that the pistols used had not hair'triggers, what b caine of that charge ? As to the number of > hots tired, he thought that when Gentlemen went out't ► fight, and nut merely to produce a ce, tai; explo•ion, no blame could on ti.at account attach Itselt to the seconds. On a view of all the circumsiances, he thought Captain. FoAcett ha`dcondu :led with b:!coming moderation, like • a Gmthrn,sti, and a man of honour. He thought it most unjust, and subrersive - bt all equity, t' that charges should be made against a man, when a trial was denied. Nothing could justify thus holding ifiti indefinite charge over a maii's head. The Hon. Gthi'tleman produceao variety of documents in fa vour of Captain Folkea, praising his conduct as a Gentleman and an flicer. Of alt the Offi ce r s under .whom Captain F o tt haik. served, he ecitild say there was but One w io failed to bear testimony to his meritorious conduCt , as an Officer. Testimonials of such a nature Ai those he had produced must sink deep . in the minds of all honourable men, and refire the calumnies which have been so unwarrantably circulated to his prejudice. The Articles of War he could not but consider as the law of . the Army. It was not right that an officer should be denied access to the Royal ear: After some further observations on the circumstances of the case, he defended the propriety of Captain Foskett's application to the • House. It had - been said, if they attended to his application, their table would be covered with appeals from the Army. This he denied ; the - effetit of the motion he should have the honour to make would be directly the reverse, as it would shew the. Army 'they had a tribunal of their own, competent to re dress such grievances. It the motion sliduld 'be re. jetted, he knew not where the Officers of the Army were to make their complaints or seek 'for justice. He concluded by moving certain resolutions decla ratory of the first Article of War (the 12th section) arid imputingto Sir D. Dundas an omission of an es- : sentiA i part of his duty as -C omman d er n Chief, ill refusing to enforce . that article. He also moved an Address to his Majesty on the subjeCt. Gen. CRAWFORD thought that . the Hon. Mover seemed to wish to wrest the command of the army from the Crown, an a! tempt totally contrary to the law of the land. If the allegations preferred against the Duke of Cumberland and ;he Commander in Chief were proved,' they must be unfit for their Si tuations, and guilty of the most heinous crimes.--- He would not let another wont] elapse without coming •forward to confute ithe charges so injurious to the characters of the accused, whi c h h e h ope d to acco.nplish by - th e means of the documents in his possession. The persons aecused - ackno .letge (tie fads,. but they deny the inferences and deituctions from them. He could adduce the slat, mews of Colonel Grant on the subject of the Duel, as well. as that of , Mr. Jsnes, the Adjutant of the Itt•Juoeut, who would take his oath that,Lietreliant Wallis re lated to- him the.cireurnstances precisely as hi• mat, d. The parties fire+. 5 shots, and u , ed hair titggers, and that at the very moment the pistol unexpected ly went off, Lieut. Wallis was actually setting ihe hair-trigger. He was sorry that the ,i-loe. Gentle. man should 'say, that persons. going out to fight shot ld not return without being wounded. For his part he had seen a great deal . 01 blood and wounds,_ yet he was not so bi ody minded. He wished that no duel might ever be attended with blood. • In this affair the conduct of Captain FoSkett w as such, that in hit opinion no Court Martial could justly ad other wise than cashier him. The Commanding Officer of the Regiment having heard of the intended duel, or ders the parties to be put under an arrest ; the Ad jutant on his way to execute this order meets Captain • Foskett, and to au inquiry of where the parties are to be found, he answers that he does not know--• thus intentionally letting slip the best opportunity of preventing the duel. •In 1806, the Duke of Cumberland considered captain Foskett as a very negligent Troop-officer, and not sufficient to Com mand a squadron, trout his inability in the field. It had ,been said that the eldest Captain had a right to be promoted, he denied the existence of such a right, ,unless accompanied by merit. ' In the case of pro motion, the Commander of the Regiment is the only respensible person ; it is his duty to give to the Commander in Chief a faithful and concientious re-. commendation.. The condutt of the Duke of Cum- i berland was remarkable for its moderation and for bearance. The gallant General then entered into a lengthened recapitulation , of his former statements o i this subject, and observed that every good officer would repine at the relaxatiOn of discipline, and at the encouragement of the litigicins and the negligent. He felt a concientious conviction that justice was on the sidebf theaccusei. He concluded by moving the previous question,: and gave his negative to, the rest. Wharton, Mr. Banked, and Mr. W. Smit! , , the re- port was ordered to be received to-day. On the motion for the House going into a Coal' mittee on the East India Loan Bill, a conversation took place between Mr. Creevey, Mr. Dundas, and . Sir T. Tinton, relative to the poStponement (dale Committee. The House went into a Committee, to lie re' ported to-day. The other Orders .of the Day were then ail' posed of. - The House adjourned at Half-past Two o'Clock this morning. MAILS. ARAIVTD—I Dublin, i Waterford. Dua—i '1 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DA Y AT T O'CLOCK. 7lt I Red. Ann. - Omni-rn - if Consols -- : I t 6t) SOLEM QUIS MCRAE FAT SUM ALMEAT L 11 , 11 U , FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1810. The following letter, which is very iwpoi mut to the commercial world, was received this ri.orniog at LLOYD'S : it came through a very respect,ble hove. at Liverpool, and was brOught to England by the Tamahaamah, which vessel has regular papers, signed by the Btitish Consul.' " NEW-YoriK,. MAY 5„ 18 SO.—Congress have adjourned, and. by !fields' law enaatd by them, our Foreign CommerCial relations are placed on the fol lowing footing :—Tie Non-Intercourse Ad is re pealed; British and French ships of war are pr,,ni. bited our Ports ; British merchautnien (not letters of marque) are .adotitted io trade heie ; a v .v.:. r,ie vested in the President to renew the Non-Intercourse apinst the Belligerent who shalt refuse to re' chid their Orders, after the other Belligerent dial } have rescinded their Decrees. • ". Thus we may calculate on a free trade with you until the next meeting of Congress, nnless France should revoke her Dtscrres, and Great Britain should thereafter refuse to do the . saMe before that event.-"'.. Congress will :not meet again until November next. Mr. SHERIDAN has declined making his intended motion respelling Spain and Portugal,. and upon grounds which do him great credit. . That Gent'e man is still of opinion that this country.should give every possible as,istance to Spin and Portugal, as long as they are able to dO any thing for themselves) but Mr. WHITBREAD, and others of the Paity, tertain a dlferent opinion, and think it swould be right to leave Spain and Portugal to their fate. Of course they would have opposed Mr. SHERIDAN's tnotiOn'. He, therefore, declined bringing forward a question which would have called forth declaFP tioni calculated to convey an opinion, that the great cause in which the PLuinsula is engaged is looked at with apathy by a Considerable party in this country, We mentioned yesterday a report that .LGUO BUOIZAPARTE had abdicated the Throne of Hollanti, or rather.that he had been dethroned. This account, which is by no means impmb , ble, was brought b 7 some vessels which arrived,at Harwich on Wedner day. It is perfectly well known that very st-riott.,l diStUrbances have taken place in Hollatid, parti.o larly in . Rotterilam, where the French troops 11 , 1 1 : 8 been attacked with great violence by the in habit 3 and, this spirit of resistance is said to have irritated BUONAPARTE to such a degree, that he resolved to . . ' Mr. WurrnasADrose to make some Observations on what had fallen from the Gallant :Officer, who ought tuti by reel - 41)4 , 16mi -to have endeavoured to defend the accused. Captain Foskett •hadendea voured.tO approach the Throne by channels which were.obstrueted. In oppositii in to- the • documents which the Hon. Member had in his' possession, he could produce letterS from the most respeCiable.Of fleets, from Sir Robert Wilson and Captain Askew, both bearing testimony in the highest manner to his Character and condur-t as an officer. If it appears Ilia! the Duke of York rates ed some grievances,. they must have evidently existed, aad the Duke of Cumberland must have been io blade. The gallant General had the testimony of Lieut. Wallis and Mr. Nixon, .ye.t,. he preferred the hearsay evidence of another. The circumstances of the duel did not vin- The reports. which have been ci rc ulated latellfr vin dicate the conduCt. of the Duke of C u mb er l an d . — With :tesped to. the r reply of Captain Foskett to that BDONAPARTE bad prohibited the exportation of the Adjutant when he inquired where he could find grain are unfounded. Letters from Ostend of the the parties, he hiMself would have afted rn the same '11,4, as it was but consistent with the principles of honour. The question was whether the Comman der-in-Chief had acted right or wrong in the infringe ment of the Articles of War. General CRAWFORD explained. Mr. MANNING. read a letter illustrative of the ex•. emplary conduct of Capt. Foskett. Mr. MANNERS SUTTON expressed his regret that the Hon. Moyer had corurnemed on papers which were refused by the House. He conceived that a most unmerited attack had been made on the mo tives and character of the Duke Of Cumberland, He opposed the motion. dethrone his brother, and to annex Holland to• France. Louts is the-only one of the family whose conduct has entitled 'hint to any thing like regard' from those over whom he has goyerned ; and it it: that very circumstance that has made hina_ ao o bject of BUONAPARTE'S reienttnent and persecution. Soho. Letters. which have been received from the French coast state, that BCONAPARTE has returned to Pais' and that M4n4.4. LOUISA is pregnant. 4th, have been receive], which state, that vessels provided with proper licenses are allowed to Lake grain on board. The following 1, - ///etia was issued Ibis morningo respeeting his Royal Highness the Duke of Cug- BERLAND " His Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERL AND 1135 had a very restless night, but is not worse in any material re' sped to-day. " HENRY. HALFORD. " EVERALJ.D HOME." " Twelve o'Clock, — General. Luirus thought that the allegations agaitist th 6 Duke of Cumberland were most unjust and ill founded. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, PrinCeSSeg AUGUSTA and SOPHIA, took an airing on horseback in Windsor Park, and afterwards v!sited the. Frio' cess AMELIA. The question was then lint, and negatived with out a division. Mr. BROUGHAM postponed, till this day, his mo tion fin . l'Apers relative to the Slave Trade. The Vote of Credit Bill went through a Com mittee, in which Mr. Whitbread gave notice, that he would oppose it on the bringing up of the report. It was ordered to be received to-day. ,The Consolidated Fund Bill went through a Com mittee, when after some observations, trotn , Mr. Cr,,,:vey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES, upon their arrival at Windsor, on Wednesday, from Londe''' visited the Princ,!ss AMELIA, and remained her upwards of an ho , :r.—His .Maje.dy's . carri, , g" drove up to the door of the Princess AMELIsA, itt St• Alban's-street, Wjndsor, on his an iVal from 1 ,0 "1 don on Wet Tues d ay, an d r e m ai ne d with her noy 4 ` Highness a considerable time 1